The Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets, which hold almost all of the world’s freshwater ice, are shrinking at a frighteningly rapid pace, losing enough ice over the last 30 years to create an ice cube 12 miles high, according to new research from a team of international scientists, published in Earth System Science Data (ESSD). […]
On average, 1,200 tornadoes hit the United States each year, according to the Storm Prediction Center (SPC), and while twisters can happen at any time and in any state, the prevailing wisdom has held that most of the large twisters occur in Tornado Alley, an expansive area within the central U.S. designated by meteorologists in […]
The weather pattern across portions of southwestern Europe has been more reminiscent of August than April over the past week as temperatures have soared well above the historical average, shattering monthly all-time record highs in multiple countries, as well as the continent as a whole. As AccuWeather reports, blistering conditions have primarily settled across Portugal […]
Forecast Advisor might be the best-kept secret in the weather business. It’s a website, run by a company called Intellovations, that compares the accuracy of a dozen of the largest weather forecasters. You put in your ZIP code (it only works in the US), and it spits back a ranking of the services based on how […]
The ‘big melt’ of the massive snowpack piled up across the Sierra range over the winter months has begun as a heat wave grips the region with temperatures forecast to reach near record highs later in the week. As CBS News reports, there is 700 to 800 inches of snow accumulated across the range during […]
The EU’s Copernicus Report is in, and the earth better brace itself for a long, hot, record breaking Summer. According to the report, the world could breach a new average temperature record in 2023 or 2024, fueled by climate change and the anticipated return of the El Nino weather phenomenon, climate scientists say. Climate models […]
The Lyrid Meteor Shower is usually active between April 16 and 25 every year, and for 2023, the best time to see the Lyrids are towards the end of its cycle, so get ready to stargaze! Named after constellation Lyra, the Lyrids are one of the oldest recorded meteor showers—according to some historical Chinese texts, […]
A 10 million-pound blob is riding ocean currents and washing up on the southern tip of Florida. As National Geographic reports, the Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt—a goopy mass of leafy, floating seaweed stretching across 5,000 miles—is slated to be a nuisance of record breaking proportions this year. In the past decade it’s increasingly become a […]
A rare celestial event is happening this week. On Thursday (April 20), the moon will block out the sun during what is known as a hybrid solar eclipse. According to Space.com, this type of eclipse shifts from total solar eclipse to annular (ring-shaped) as the moon’s shadow moves across the surface of the Earth. The last hybrid solar eclipse happened […]
California’s winter featured torrential rainfall from beginning to end, helping to fill the state’s reservoirs and putting a major dent into the state’s long-term drought conditions. As Accuweather reports, the transition to spring has brought another positive effect to the Golden State, as a “superbloom” of wildflowers has residents and tourists alike rushing to get a glimpse […]